Rethinking the New Heaven and New Earth: Restoration, Not Destruction

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We are on, I believe this is week 12, maybe,

of rethinking the end times. We are coming to

an end to this. And just a reminder for... all

of my listeners that once this series ends in

the month of July and August we are going to

take a break. That will give me a couple months

to do some recording and stuff and kind of play

a catch -up game to where I can be ahead on future

things and hopefully not have to take any more

months off but can just continue on with uploads

of... whatever I feel Holy Spirit lay on my heart

and how to move forward with that. So again,

I know we're good this week. I know at least

have one more week in this and I gotta go looking

forward at my notes to see what else is here.

But I know for certain July and August, there

will be no more new episodes for those two months.

And like I said, hopefully that'd be the last

time we do that kind of break. We'll just transition

seasons. as we go moving forward. But this week

I'm excited. We get to talk about the new heaven

and the new earth idea. This whole thing has

been fun for me to teach. Again, there's so much.

You can go so deep inside of this and I hope

if this interests you and you want to learn more,

you know, go study for yourself. Go sit with

Holy Spirit. Look at some different material.

Go study some of these ideas for yourself. I've

studied this to a point enough to where um This

is what I believe as far as end times are concerned.

I do not believe that we're in the last days

I don't believe in a rapture. I don't believe

in a single Antichrist rising up and Doing all

this I don't believe the 666 theory. I believe

every lot of this stuff is symbolism And when

you have what I hope my teaching has done is

given you hope for a brighter future, a brighter

tomorrow and not look to doom and gloom. Again,

one of my concerns in the church realm that I've

grown up in is we seem to use darkness as an

indication that the end is near. And my point

of view, I think I said this early on is if There

is darkness that simply means the light has not

been turned on and my friend you and I are that

light plain and simple So I want you to understand

today that the new heaven and earth in revelation

is not about god destroying creation But renewing

it bringing restoration healing in god's presence

fully Among his people and as i've done in some

of the previous episodes. I want you to just

take a minute and think that when you think about

the end of the world what comes to your mind

what emotions begin to rise up inside of you

um a lot of people talk about destruction chaos

fear judgment that kind of thing um and many

people assume the bible ends with destruction

or something but revelation does not end with

destruction it ends with restoration so i want

us to really consider what does the new heaven

and new earth mean and so i want to read to you

from revelation chapter 21 and i'm going to read

Revelation 21 · chapter mention

out of the passion and the mirror because i think

it's important and in the passion translation

it says then in a vision i saw a new heaven and

new earth the first heaven and earth had passed

away and the sea no longer existed now I want

you to remember in previous seasons what we talked

about sea representing. Go back and listen to

some of this. That's important for you to just

grab hold of. So when you hear this, this is

not saying the oceans that we have no longer

existed. Go back and listen. What did the sea

represent? I don't want to just give you answers

all the time. I want to make you go do the legwork,

go study to show yourself approved. Habakkuk

is a really important verse to me. It says, my

people perish for lack of knowledge. What you

don't understand, well, you can misuse. It can

hurt you. It can harm you. So I really encourage

people to do their own research, go do your own

studying. I want to break this kind of man of

God idea that you just come running to a pastor

or someone like me, whatever, for all of your

answers. Are they there to help you and to guide

you and to give you wisdom? Certainly, but they're

not God Okay, and I want to number one I want

to help pastors and leaders understand and take

that that burden off of them That you as a child

of God can hear from heaven on your own What

we should be doing is simply confirming that

what you're hearing. So again go look up if you

don't remember what the sea is go look it up

what did it symbolize what did it mean and then

out of the mirror translation it says then i

saw a new heaven and a new earth for the age

of the previous heaven and earth had passed away

also the sea was no longer present now i want

to go from there and now i want to go back to

reading isaiah chapter 65 because this is isaiah

Isaiah 65 · chapter mention

65 talks about the new heaven and new earth hang

with me for a little bit because we're gonna

go from about verse 17 to verse 25 so just hang

with me and it says look I am creating entirely

new heavens and a new earth they will be so wonderful

that no one will even think about the old ones

anymore as you wait for the reality of what I

am creating be filled with joy and an ending

gladness look I am ready to create Jerusalem

as a source of sheer joy and her people in absolute

delight I will rejoice in this new Jerusalem

and find great delight in my people. You will

no longer hear the sound of weeping or cries

of distress. No baby will die in infancy there

and everyone will live out their full lifespan.

Now catch this because this means this is not

like heaven, eternal heaven, because they're

still dying here. For when centurions die, centurions

a hundred years old, they will be considered

youngsters. and anyone who dies earlier will

be considered of no account. People will build

their own houses to live in and they will not

be taken over by someone else. They will plant

their own vineyards to enjoy and they will not

be confiscated by someone else. They will live

long lives like age -old trees and my chosen

ones will enjoy to the fullest the work of their

hands throughout their lives. So the implication

of these two verses is that foreign invaders

will not overtake the land. and go back and just

just let's think about this don't shake your

brain at the door what are foreign invaders this

is not people from foreign countries this is

not muslims this is not uh democrats this is

not what that means at all what are the foreign

invaders for you and i could it be things such

as sickness disease cancer diabetes heart issues

could it be shame guilt, anxiety, depression.

Could it be those things are foreign invaders

for us as sons and daughters of the king? It's

important for us to grab hold of. So it's saying,

again, the implications Dr. Simmons put in here,

these two verses is that foreign invaders will

not overtake the land. Anxiety is not going to

overtake the land. Sickness is not going to overtake

the land. It's good news if you hear it right.

Moving on to verse 23, they will neither work

in vain for someone else nor will their children

face disaster, for they will be children and

grandchildren who are blessed by Yahweh. Before

they even call out to me, I will answer them.

Before they finish telling me what they need,

I will have already heard. The wolf now catch

this the wolf and the lamb will graze side by

side And the lion will eat straw like the ox

and the serpent's food will be dust There will

be neither violence nor murder or money on my

entire holy mountain of Zion says Yahweh now

if you take a wolf and a lamb Grazing side by

side which one of the two had to change Think

about this. It's important to understand Now

I want to go back And look at the definition

and the meaning of the word new Because in the

Greek you have two words for new you have neos

and you have Kinos Kinos is the word that's being

used in this this intersection And so let me

talk about that for just a minute because new

does not always mean brand new replacement It

often means renewed restored or made fresh think

of a renovated house as the same structure, just

restore beauty. So it's important for us to understand

that God does not abandon creation, he restores

it, just like humanity. He didn't abandon humanity,

no, he restored us to the original design. And

he actually completed that when he hung on the

cross and he declared it is finished. And that's

a very important shift for us to make. So let's

look at Kinos, this is new in quality, nature,

kind, or character. It is something that is renewed,

transformed, or unprecedented. It is different

than Neos. Neos would mean something different.

Neos would be the idea of a new car replacing

an old car. Kinos would be a car completely transformed

into something that it never was before. And

that's just important for us to grab hold of

those two definitions. Again, neo -sincanos if

you want to learn more go study some of these

words for yourself and understand how our we've

translated the two different words into the same

english word but they mean two different things

so you have to do your own study and your own

research So having understood the word new, we

can understand why many scholars argue that John

in Revelation 21 is not describing God throwing

away creation and starting over, but it's creation

being renewed, transformed, and brought into

its intended fullness. Remember, Romans 8 -22.

The Earth is groaning and travailing for the

manifestation of the sons and daughters of Yahweh.

So what is the Earth asking for it? The Earth

is asking for you and I, I'm wearing this shirt,

I don't know if you can see it, Creation Groans,

for those that's watching the YouTube channel,

which I've got to do a lot of work on that. But

I'm wearing the shirt that says Creation Groans.

but Romans 8 22 tells you what the earth is growing

for and the earth is waiting for you and i to

figure out who we are inside of christ and begin

to speak and declare back to creation who she

is to release her from the futility of the fall

of man john does not use neo's heaven and earth

he uses kynos heaven and earth So the emphasis

isn't on replacement, but transformation. God

is not abandoning his creation, he is renewing

it. So the story of scripture ends not with evacuation,

but it ends with restoration. All right, so let's

look at a couple ways that this word is used

in other places, this kinos word. You can find

it in 2 Corinthians 5 .17 says, now if anyone

is enfolded into Christ, He has become an entirely

new person. That's the word kinos again. All

that is related to the old order has vanished.

Behold, everything is fresh and new. Dr. Simmons

puts it in here. This would include our old identity,

our life of sin, and the power of Satan, the

religious works of trying to please God, our

old relationship with the world, and our old

mindsets. We are not reformed or simply refurbished.

We are made completely new by our union with

Christ in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit That's

important for us to get together I'm gonna read

the same verse out of the mirror says now in

the light of your co -inclusion in his death

and resurrection Whoever you thought you were

before in Christ You are a brand new person the

old ways of seeing yourself and everyone else

are over acquaint yourself with the new. And

François de Troyes helps us understand that the

if here in 2nd Corinthians 517 some verses say

therefore if anyone is in Christ, it's not a

conditional statement. This is the conclusion

of the revelation of the gospel. Mankind is in

Christ all by God's doing. By using the therefore

if immediately includes verses 14 through 16.

If God's faith sees everyone in Christ and His

death, then they were certainly also in Christ

and His resurrection. Again, just important stuff

for us to grab hold of, not just intellectually,

but experientially. Don't just get this into

your minds. Allow this to become true. inside

the deepest parts of who you are. Because Jesus

did not reveal just a potential you, no, he revealed

the truth about you so that you may know the

truth about yourself and be free. Because the

truth is, you are free. Christ has made you free.

In the death and resurrection of Jesus, God did

not redeem a compromised replica of you, no,

he rescued the original blueprint you created

in his radiant mirror image just like it was

in Genesis. We are reconnected with our original

Genesis through the resurrection of Jesus from

the dead. The new birth, this new birth endorses

and celebrates the hope of the ages. God's eternal

love dream concludes inside of life. Man, this

is good if we grab hold of it. Then we have 2nd

Corinthians chapter 3 verse 6 as he alone makes

us adequate ministers who are focused on an entirely

new Kynos covenant. Our ministry is not based

on the letter of the law but through the power

of the Spirit. The letter of the law kills but

the Spirit pours out life. I want you to know

this was fascinating to me because I don't think

you've ever heard this before but to illustrate

this on the day of Moses On the day the law of

Moses was given, 3 ,000 were killed. But on the

day that the Spirit was poured out on Pentecost,

3 ,000 people received new life. But the important

thing for us to note here is that it's not simply

a recent covenant order, but a covenant of a

different quality and order. So, let's see where

we're at. All right, so let's look. Let's consider

this. Let's consider that God dwells with humanity.

Revelation 21 3 says and I heard a thunderous

voice from the throne saying look God's Tabernacle

is with human beings and from now on he will

Tabernacle with them as their God now God himself

will have his home with them God with them will

be their God So I want you to go back to Genesis.

In the beginning, God walked with humanity in

the garden. What was this? It was close. It was

relational. It was intimate, which tells you

it was a nearness. And this is what sin disrupted.

It did not disrupt God's love. No, it disrupted

our awareness. Again, we have the responsibility

to ask the question, who changed at the fall?

God returns to dwell with humanity. Consider

John chapter one, that the word became flesh

and dwelt among us. Not far away, not unreachable,

no, he's near, he's personal, he's intimate,

he's present right here, right now. The gospel,

my friend, is about God moving toward humanity,

not away from it. And then we consider this as

we talk about new heaven and new earth. Revelation

21 for says he will wipe away every tear from

their eyes and eliminate death entirely No one

will mourn or weep any longer the pain of wounds

will no longer exist for the old order has ceased

now What does it mean? There's no more death.

There's no more mourning. There's no more pain

Why because creation has been and is being healed

Imagine my friend a world where grief ends not

because we leave and do some kind of escape thing

But because healing finally comes because we

as sons and daughters Begin to rise up and let

our light shine and release the kingdom within

us to the world around us God's final act is

not destruction. It's healing It's healing my

friend. Look at the life of Jesus. Look at the

person of Jesus. It's like Bill Johnson I believe

Damon Thompson quotes it a lot But be careful

of anything that you believe about God that you

cannot find in the person of Jesus So what is

Revelation describing it's describing a city

not ruins not emptiness but a vibrant place why

a city ask yourself why a city what does a city

represent city would represent community culture

life relationship not isolation inside the city

that's where the tree of life returns water of

life flows healing of nations occurs everything

is restored The final picture of scripture is

not escaping. No, it's flourishing life. It goes

back to Romans 822. The entire universe standing

on tiptoe yearning to see the unveiling of God's

glory or sons and daughters. And it's interesting

to note that the Greek word used for unveiling

here is the same word for the full title of Revelation.

The created universe is but the backdrop for

the dramatic appearing of God's sons and daughters

unveiled with the glory of Jesus Christ upon

them, according to Dr. Simmons. He goes on to

say the verb tense in the Greek text is clear

that this unveiling is imminent, soon to happen,

and destined to take place. Christ's glory will

come to us, enter us, fill us, envelop us, and

then be revealed. through us as partakers of

the glory and i love this although god will not

share his glory with any other we are no longer

another for we are one with the father son and

holy spirit through faith in christ you can look

at john 17 21 through 23 on that one but why

does revelation say there's no temple because

god himself is present my friend you are the

temple now He's not coming to dwell in buildings.

No, he's coming to dwell inside of you and I

That's why it's important to go back to previous

lessons on this and understand that the temple

was destroyed in 70 AD God is not limited to

buildings. His presence feels everything no temple

is needed No temple is needed When God dwells

fully with his people no temple was needed he

goes where you go That's good news. If you let

it if you hear it, right? So our hope is not

escape our hope is renewal restoration and healing

and my friend I believe and declared that it's

happening now What kind of future does God promise

it's not fear it's not destruction no it is life

The future belongs to restoration not ruin So

I want you to think about these God is not abandoning

creation. He's restoring it The story ends with

healing not chaos God dwells with humanity forever

The story of scripture does not end in destruction

no it ends in restoration It does not end in

fear, it ends in healing. It does not end with

God leaving humanity, but with God dwelling fully

among his people. The future, my friend, is not

darkness. No, the future is renewal. My friend,

I hope this helps you. I hope this has given

you a better outlook on life, a better outlook

on the future, given you hope for tomorrow. Keep

diving in keep pressing in don't be afraid to

challenge the status quo of the religious System

we have today Don't be afraid to think for yourself.

Don't be afraid to ask questions Take them to

the Holy Spirit Allow the Holy Spirit to teach

you to guide you and to lead you into all truth

Until next time my friend be blessed Thanks for

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